Improvement in bedsteads and tables



diluted taire aient dell tra GEORGE WILSON, or OLIIOAGO, ILLINOIS.

LcttersvPaten-t'No. 107,580, lated September 20, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN BEDSTEADS AND TABLES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent; and making part of the same.

drawing and to the letters of reference marked -thereon, and being a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1v is aside eleva-tion, showing 'the device as formed into a bedstead.

Figure 2 is 'af side elevation of the device, when folded into a table.

Similarl'etters of reference indicate corresponding parts in'each figure.

@The invention has for its object the construction of a folding iron bedstead, in such a manner that, when folded up,'it may be converted into a table, and its character concealed, by throw-'ing over it a suitable cloth.v I

Theinvention consists in the peculiar construction of the hedstead in three parts, hinged together, and operating in the manner hereinafter described, and provided with-an adjustable wooden corel', to convert it into a table, when folded up, as hereinafter set forth.

In the drawingv A represents the central section of my bedstead,

of which are riveted the ends of light interlaced straps. At the outer corners, b, are. pivoted the standards, D, forming foldi'ng,l egs the pair on each side of the bedstead beingj 'connected together by a bar, c', whose ends are pivoted to studs in the lower part thereof.

B are. the head and Toot sections, constructed in the same manner asthc central section A, to which they are pivoted at b. "Ihey are provided with a light trame-work, projecting upward, at right angles with the extremities, to form thc head and .foot boards Il'. At the outer corners of the. head and footsections legs C are pivoted thereto, as shown at a.. Radius bars e are pivoted, at either end,to the legs C and I) respectively.

E is a pair of vertical standards, secured lto and rising from thc outside of one of the pairs of thelcgs I), at one side of the bed, the upper ends of the standards curving slightly inward.4 j

F is aboard, whose width equals that of the head and foot board together, and whose length is'the width of the bed. At its lower inner corners are secured metallic slides, through which thev standards E pass.

"hen the. device is extended for use as a b'edstead,

the board F s'ftands vertically at one side ofthe bed,

sliding down the standards for that purpose. To convert the-bedstead into a table, occupyingonethird of the superficial area of the bedstead, the end sections are folded up on their pivots,- so that they exchange their horizontal for the position shown in tig. 2, the radius bars e causing the end legs O to fold in close to the sides as the'change is effected; the-head and foot boards form a firm foundation for the board Il, .which is nowdrawn up to the top of the standards E, whose curved ends allow it to be laid in a horizontal position, covering the whole, and tlmsjformingthe table.

The mattress for this bed should be made in sections, conforming in size to thc sections A B of the bedstead, so that they may be stowed away with the necessary bed-clothingin the receptacle formed by turning up the end sections. j A suitable table-cover thrown over the whole effect- ,ually conceals its true character. ,It is not deemed necessary to enlarge upon the beneiits and advantages of 'this construction and combination, as its utility will be apparent to the most casual observer. y

I am well aware that iron folding hedsteads of various-kinds are -in use,.and, while I expressly disclaim theinvention of such, v

claim, and desire to secure by Letters l. The-constrl'iction and arrange-ment of the central .section A, end-sections B, provided with head and Y scribed, the standards'l and board F, whereby thesamc may be converted into a table, substantially asA described.

GEORGE WILSON.

Witnesses:

HARRY S. Senador), E. Gonnrlrwm'rn. 

